Bagni di Lucca

Infobox CityIT
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official_name = Comune di Bagni di Lucca
region = Tuscany
province = Lucca
elevation_m = 150
area_total_km2 = 164.60
population_as_of = 2001
population_total = 6551
population_density_km2 =40
timezone = CET, UTC+1
coordinates = coord|44|0|34|N|10|34|46|E
frazioni =
telephone = 0583
postalcode = 55022
gentilic = Bagnaioli
saint = Saint Peter and Saint Paul
day = 29 June
mayor = Giancarlo Donati
website = http://www.comunebagnidilucca.it/

Bagni di Lucca (Baths of Lucca, formerly "Bagno a Corsena") is a commune of Tuscany, Italy, in the Province of Lucca with a population of 6,551.

In the village of Bagno Caldo there is a hospital constructed largely at the expense of Nicholas Demidoff in 1826. In the valley of the Serchio, 3 miles below Ponte a Serraglio, is the medieval Ponte della Maddalena (circa 1100), with its lofty central arch. It is also know as 'Ponte del Diavolo'.

Hot springs

The commune is known for its springs which are situated in the valley of the Lima River, a tributary of the Serchio river. The district is known in the early history of Lucca as the "Vicaria di Val di Lima". Ponte Serraglio is the principal village of the warm spring area, but there are warm springs and baths also at Villa, Docce Bassi, and Bagno Caldo. The springs do not seem to have been known to the Romans. Bagno a Corsena is first mentioned in 1284 by Guidone de Corvaia, a Pisan historian (Muratori, R.I.S. vol. xxii.).

Fallopius, who gave the springs credit for the cure of his own deafness, sounded their praises in 1569; and they have been more or less in fashion since. The temperature of the water varies from 36–54°C (98–130°F). In all cases, the springs give off carbonic acid gas and contain lime, magnesium and sodium products.

References

*1911